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Rh WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Near the summit of Point Mountain in Randolph county at an altitude of 3,500 ft., also along the Gandy in great pro fusion. Pendleton and Pocahontas : on Little Rich Moun tains abundant. The mountaineers claim that it is upon this species that the bears grow fat for their period of hiberna tion, the fruit being late to ripen and very nutritious. Mr. John K. Small remarks in his Studies of Botany of the Southeastern United States, Bull Torr. Club, 21 :1g ( 1894) in reporting this species : "Grows on the walls of the canon at Tallulah Falls, Ga. Collected in flower in April, 1893; alt. 1,600 ft. This most likely locates the southern limit of the geographical range of R. Millspaughii. Being a typical high mountain species, it is not to be expected much below 1,600 feet, and just south of the above-mentioned lo cality the Blue Ridge 'runs out' into the plains. Further south the land decreases gradually in altitude until the gulf is reached. According to my observations the above plant thrives most vigorously at altitudes ranging from 4,500 to 6,000 ft. It grows well at lower elevations, but never in such a prolific manner." Mr. §mall and Anna M. Vail also give in their "Report of the Botanical Explorations of South western Virginia, 1892," the following additional localities for this species : "Above Fox Creek, on Pine Mountain in deep woods, alt. 3,000 ft. Summit and slopes of Mt. Rodgers, alt. 4,000 to 5,719 ft. Summit of White Top Mountain, alt. 5,678 ft. Slopes and summit of White Rock Mountain, alt. 3,000 to 4,400 ft." The species was also collected by Mr. T. H. Kearney, Jr., at the summit of Thunderhead (about 6,500 ft.), and on Giilhowee Mountain (at about 1,500 ft.), in Blount Co., Tennessee. Reports of the collection of the species in the mountains of North Carolina, New Hampshire, and northern Michigan have been made. The species is reported as common in thickets at Wilton and Southport, Maine (Fernald), and at Deering, Maine (Blankinship). R. Canadensis L. Dewberry. Abundant on dry hillsides throughout the State. R. Allegheniensis Porter. Leucretia Dewberry. (R. Canaden sis roribaccus Bailey). Dry hillsides. Randolph : near Beverly. This new variety of the species is described by Prof. Bailey in the American Garden, November, 1890, as follows : "Plant larger and stronger; leaflets broad below, usually tri angular-ovate, doubly serrate with small teeth, and more or less notched and jagged ; peduncles longer, straighter and